LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper . . . the lickspittle is only the blackmailer under another aspect, although the latter is frequently found as an independent species.

Uncommon extension of the fear of death.

Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beetle, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus, and microbe.

LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in the development of a language, does what he can to arrest its growth, stiffen its flexibility and mechanize its methods.

Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.